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By Politico Staff Writer

Importation of Livestock from Liberia has been banned by the Government of Sierra Leone, following reports of discovery of 36 dead Cattle in a field at Kelima Bendu Town,  Foyah District.

By IPRP Communications Unit

The Independent Procurement Review Panel (IPRP) has on Friday 14^th July, 2023, in a ruling cautioned  the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) to be seen practicing and adhering to public procurement  laws to avoid evaluation processes that are not in tune with the 2016 Public Procurement Acts and Statutory  Regulations 2020.

The Panel further advised there is need for proper documentation of processes and training of staff on public procurement issues.

By Saio Marrah

The Serra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has in its news release dated 17^th July 2023, announced entries for an award for best- practicing journalists and media outlets for the year 2023.

The press release indicated that recognition of outstanding and professional journalists is a move that symbolises self-regulatory and serves as motivation towards increasing professionalism in journalism in Sierra Leone.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Following  discoveries days apart, last week, of an unidentified adult male corpse and  59 year- old Kadie Hassan’s lifeless body under a mattress at her home, Police in Waterloo have again found the partially decomposed corpse of a “notorious three-card gambler” popularly called PM.

By Saio Marrah

Steven Sesay, 23 a resident of Waterloo, and Saio Marah, 24 of 3 Mile Waterloo have appeared before magistrate Mark Ngegba for allegedly a store breaking and stealing the properties of one Fatima Kanu.

The total value of the properties stolen is one million two hundred and five thousand three hundred and forty-four New Leones (NLe 1,205,344) or one billion two hundred and five million, three hundred and forty-four thousand Old Leones.

By Nasratu Kargbo

In the latest announcement from the Office of President Julius Maada Bio, eight women have been appointed ministers with full cabinet and other appointment positions.

The list which was published on Saturday 15^th July 2023 had twenty-six names of ministers, with twenty-one being ministers with full cabinet rank. Thirteen out of the twenty-one are male, whilst eight are female.  

By Politico staff writer

 Standard Chartered Bank Sierra Leone has informed its customers of an agreement for the sale of the Bank franchise in Sierra Leone to Access Bank Plc (Access).

“This sale is subject to regulatory approval. With this announcement, we have moved to the final execution stage of the sale,” the official notice letter to their customers read in part.

This follows an announcement in April 2022 by the British Bank to divest from markets across the Africa & Middle East Region including Sierra Leone.